When we submit, we stand under. The concept of submitting is the act of allowing the wing of His goodness and grace to spread over us and shelter us from the accusatory thoughts of the enemy, the fray of the world, and the condemnation of our own mistakes. Rachel Shafer
Scripture
“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in Heaven will enter.
Observation
Jesus warns us of the false prophets who come as wolves disguised as sheep. They can be identified by the fruit they produce. A good tree producers, good fruit, but a bad tree can only produce bad fruit.
Only those who do the will of the Father will get into heaven. Many will say, “We cast our demons in the name of Jesus.” But He will say to them, “Go away. I never knew you.”
Application
The kingdom of Heaven is not about what we do for Jesus, but what we do with Jesus,
It is a mystery to me that people may perform miracles and cast out demons in Jesus’ name, but not actually know him.
There are many people who think they are OK with God, but are not saved. They will go to hell.
These are people like the nominal christians who tick a box on the census and maybe turn up at Christmas. These are the atheists who now describe themselves as cultural Christians, that is, they like what the gospel does for society, but don’t want to submit themselves to the Lordship of Christ. These are the ministers and bishops, the pew warmers, and the church goers who love the church, but have no relationship with Jesus.
What is the will of the Father? This actually comes at the end of the Sermon on the Mount. To find out how to do the will of the Father, we need to go back to the beginning of the sermon and let it challenge us again.
Prayer
Thank you, Jesus, for inviting me into your kingdom. I acknowledge you as my Lord and I ask you to show me how to do the will of the Father. Amen.
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By submitting to God’s hand, He gave me the ability to overcome the enemy by not allowing him to kill, steal, and destroy my life, my song, or my joy. Rachel Shafer
Scripture
“Everyone who asks receives. Everyone who seeks finds. And to everyone who knocks the door will be opened.”
Observation
Jesus tells us to keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking on the door. Everyone who asks will receive; everyone who seeks will find; and everyone who knocks the door will be opened.
If Earthly parents know how to give good gifts to their children. How much more will our heavenly Father give us what we need.
We can only enter God’s kingdom through the narrow gate. The road to hell is wide, but the road to life is narrow and only a few ever find it.
Application
Jesus is adamant that our Father answers prayer. He iss a good father. He knows how to give good gifts to His children.
Here, the emphasis is on persistence in prayer. We must keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking on the door.
In our instant quick fix culture, we get discouraged when God does not seem to answer our prayers according to our time scale, We get discouraged so easily. The person is not healed after a single prayer. Somebody isn’t saved the instant we pray for them. We then assume that the prayer failed. Maybe we just need more faith.
Jesus tells us to keep on praying. Be persistent and do not give up. This is the kind of prayer, which God answers.
Prayer
Lord, please show me how to pray the kind of prayers you require. Help me to be persistent and to not give up until I see your grace at work. Amen.
From God Reports
By Michael Ashcraft –
Coins don’t lie.
The historical data from coins can’t be altered, obscured or rationalised.
Coins from the emerging Arab Empire tell a frightening story (it’s only frightening for those who believe in Islam).
The story they tell undermines the standard Islamic narrative.
“The earliest history of Islam is questionable at all levels,” remarks Al Fadi, on a CIRA International video. “The so-called Islamic coins debunk Islam itself.”
First off, there are no coins minted in Mecca or Medina during the 7th Century (when Arabs arose). According to Islam’s narrative, Mohammad and his followers rose out of Mecca and Medina to conquer the world with the powerful sword of Allah.
But NONE of the earliest coins minted by his followers emanated from either Mecca or Medina. (The coins have the city of minting on them.)
They were minted hundreds of miles to the North in Jordan and Lebanon: Illya, Yubna, Amman, Jerash, Baysan, Abila, Tebariya, Dimashq, Ba’albak, Hinis, Tartus.
(This survey excludes coins from Yemen and Oman, from the Byzantine Empire based in Modern Turkey and the Zoroastrian coins from around Modern Iran and Kuwait.)
Since rulers minted coins from their homebase, this tells us that none of the early Caliphs were based where they were supposed to be in the Hejaz (of Medina and Mecca).
In fact, according to ancient maps, Mecca didn’t even exist.
This is troubling for Muslims because if their history is questionable, logically everything they believe is likewise questionable.
But it gets worse for the standpoint of their historical narrative.
The earliest coins of Arab rulers show they were Christian, according to Dr. Jay Smith.
Coins from the Sassanians (651-660) have crosses on them, showing they were Christian (as opposed to Zororastrian coins which had an emblem of fire altars on them). According to the SIN, the Sassanians were Muslim.
The first Umayyad Caliph, Mu’awiyah (661-680) put three crosses on his western coins, a nod to the Trinity. According to the SIN, Mu’awaiyah was Muslim.
“If Mohammad died in 632, we’re 50 years later, the coins are either Christian or Zoroarastrian,” Dr. Smith says. “There is nothing at all that is close to Islam.”
The first hint of Muslim doctrine comes in 692 when Abd al-Malik announces his leadership to the world with a coin that says: “There is no god but Allah and MHMD is his prophet.”
This is the proto-shahada proclamation that Muslim use to make converts (their version of a Christian’s “sinner’s prayer.”)
Dr. Smith puts forth an intriguing theory that Abd al-Malik may NOT have even been a Muslim, but rather a Christian anti-Trinitarian.
“It’s attacking Byzantine Christianity,” Dr. Smith contends.
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